On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:45:24AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > * + if (create) > + down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex); > + else > + down_read(&ip->i_rw_mutex); > > why do you use a rwsem and not a regular semaphore? You are aware that > rwsems are far more expensive than regular ones right? How skewed is > the read/write ratio? Rough tests show around 4/1, that high or low? -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
